Menswear dominates Japan's Q1 apparel imports from Bangladesh

Japan’s total apparel imports reached $5.996 billion in the first quarter of 2025, up from $5.581 billion in the same quarter of the previous year.

During January–March 2025, Japan imported unisex apparel from Bangladesh worth $124.902 million, representing 32.19 per cent of the total. Imports of women’s garments stood at $97.545 million (25.13 per cent), while baby wear was valued at $6.230 million (1.61 per cent), according to Fibre2Fashion's market insight tool TexPro.

A material type analysis of trade data indicated that cotton garments comprised 67.23 per cent of total apparel imports from Bangladesh, valued at $260.845 million in the first quarter. Imports of man-made garments totalled $93.038 million (23.98 per cent), wool/animal hair $146,657 (0.04 per cent), silk $1,965.68, and others $33.976 million (8.76 per cent) during the period.

Japan imported woven garments worth $203.325 million (52.40 per cent) and knitted garments worth $184.682 million (47.60 per cent) in the same period.

Out of the total apparel imports of $388.008 million, trousers and shorts accounted for $153.577 million (39.58 per cent), T-shirts $80.015 million (20.62 per cent), shirts $41.388 million (10.67 per cent), jerseys $39.804 million (10.26 per cent), and innerwear $12.072 million (3.11 per cent), as per TexPro.

In 2024, Bangladesh had surpassed Cambodia to become the third-largest apparel supplier, with a market share of 5.50 per cent. Japan’s total apparel imports stood at $22.907 billion last year, of which imports from Bangladesh were $1.259 billion.

ALCHEMPro News Desk (KUL)